THE ULTIMATE PHONE EDITING APPS

Oh my, I’m in pain right now, I wrote this post last night to publish it first thing in the morning until I got up only to realise I forgot to save it! And gone it is…

Any way, I haven’t really been on my blog lately because I haven’t really felt like writing, have been doing more films and edits buttt, my mac also decided to die (can you see how life’s always on my side? ~irony~), so here I am back again, waiting for him to get back from the Apple Hospital, lol.

Now that I’ve been trying my best to get the most out of editing on a phone I thought: whoa, why don’t I share my fave apps with you on my blog so you can know them as well? These are the easiest to use apps, they hardly damage the quality of the pictures and work MIRACLES, wanna know which I use? Keep reading!

Lightroom

This is my most favourite app ever. It works almost as good as the desktop app, I could say there’s hardly a difference. With this app you can fix the lights, shadows and contrasts. The general colors AND the specific ones AND clarity and so on. You can also pay for some advanced options, but I’ve been surviving without them for now using the rest of the apps mentioned bellow.

I’ve actually been thinking about making some presets myself to share with you so you can use my filters! I would seriously LOVE to see you guys using my presets on your Instagram feeds. Would you be up for it? Contact me!

In the picture below I fixed the lights to make it look enhanced, but tried keeping the original colors there for a more natural effect.

Details: very good one, I use this to make jewelry pop, also for my eyes and jawline in blurry or low quality photos where factions aren’t as obvious.

Conceal and matte: just like the smooth option, I use this to make background objects less obvious. Can also be used to hide dark circles or even nipples! 😉

Glow and vibrance: I use this to make the subjects on the photo pop more if they are very small.

B&W: helps me remove unwanted things that pop too much and that I more likely want to hide.

Moreover, I also love using the paint tool, this one gives you the option of fixing certain colors to make it easier to have a matching feed and so over. I use it to: change the color of woods, clouds, lips,… the list is actually infinite.

In the picture below I changed the color of the building and the water, it looked too ugly. The rest was done with Lightroom (here I was still starting to get to know the app).

PicsArt

I mainly use this app to remove unwanted objects from the background, like cars or people, etc. You need more than one picture of a same scene, which you combine until you get the perfect match. There are probably many more options with this app, but that’s what I use it for.

I just filmed a video explaining how I do the process of removing unwanted objects from the background which I will soon share (if I haven’t already) on my IGTV account.

In the picture below I actually used three pictures, one where I was posing like that (the left one), one where there were no cars on the right and another one where there were no cars on the left.

Snapseed

This app is very well known by many people, but I only use it for two (sometimes three) reasons:

The healing tool is my all time favorite, I use it if I need to remove objects in the background like boats or people when I can’t do it with the PicsArt app. I also use it to remove cigarettes or bubblegum stains from the floor. Gotta keep the pictures clean!

The brush tool is also amazing to selectively change the brightness of the foreground or background, you can also selectively change the saturation of certain parts of the photo. With this option, you can do so many things, like making subjects pop, hiding unwanted background areas, etc.

Lastly, the expand tool is amazing for pictures that are too narrow. Try it out! But don’t overuse this or it will look fake.

Here, I removed the guy that was swimming next to me using the app – I’m honestly very proud of this work, lol.

Afterlight

Afterlight is a great app for many things, like fixing colors, lights, contrasts, etc. But that’s what Lightroom’s for. the main reason why I use this app is to add that vintage ripped photo effect to my pictures. Yeah, that’s it. The girl’s gotta do what she’s gotta do, lol. When opening a picture in the app, the fourth icon (like a square divided diagonally) opens four options, I go for the dusty one, and there I can choose my vintage effect. Amazing, right?

I hope I didn’t forget to mention anything, and I hope you learned something new with this post. If you know any other good apps, let me know. And if I find better apps in the future, I’ll let you know too!

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